With the first two Brown Act demand letters ignored, I sent the third letter to Mayor Rotkin, asking he respect the state rules requiring City Councils to respect public comment periods.

Hands Off Venezuela Campaign

The probable propaganda techniques for the next war and the reasons I believe it will be against Iran.

Ralph Nader speaks to an almost packed house at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz, CA on Jan. 24th 2005. He speaks about the US occupation of Iraq, corporate shenadegins, and the need for an active citizenry. The speech is about an hour long and features an introduction by Louis Lafortune, Green Party member and DJ at Free Radio Santa Cruz.

New Republic Calls for Death and Torture of Arundhati Roy and Stan Goff

Will yesterday's election make a difference? Patrick Cockburn reports from Baghdad.

He sat with a bible on a bench in Iowa City. Not always the same bench. Each time I noticed words underlined in his special bible:
individual words.   

dogspot arts page

"...the Defense Secretary's foes have dispersed in spite of the damning evidence contained in a recent Human Rights Watch Report.
...and a tidbit from The National Ledger indicates how money has defused opposition to Rummy from within his own party."

come to the in-store reading of:

That’s Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting
Assimilation
Edited by Mattilda, a.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore
Published by Soft Skull Press

Thurs, Feb 3, 7:30 p.m.
Bookshop Santa Cruz
1520 Pacific Avenue
Tel: 831-423-0900
with editor Mattilda, a.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore
and contributors Eric Stanley, Tommi Avicolli Mecca, Charlie Anders and more TBA

George Cadman of Free Radio Santa Cruz (101.1 fm / www.freakradio.org) interviews Chris Toensing of The Middle East Research and Information Project (www.merip.org) about the Iraq elections on January 30th. Chris Toensing is the Executive Director of MERIP and the editor of The Middle East Report.

Audio: Listen to the Stream or Download the mp3 (38 minutes / 15.3 MB)